Sedition

We condemn the brutal crackdown on dissent and protest which has accompanied India’s Covid-19 lockdown. The Modi government has launched a witch-hunt of students and activists and is charging them under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The Sikh organization, Dal Khalsa has written an open letter to all parliamentarians of India expressing serious concerns over the sudden surge in the cases against lawyers, journalists, student activists and rights defenders under draconian laws called sedition and UAPA.

Joining issue with Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh for declaring to make the sedition law stricter in case his party retains power, the Dal Khalsa said the obvious target will be the religious minorities and Dalits, who refuses to toe the Hindutva agenda.

Delhi Police failed to procure prosecution sanction against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the 2016 JNU sedition case. Police informed the trial court that the sanction to prosecute, which is pending with the Delhi government, was expected in a few days.

A Sikh group Dal Khalsa held a conference at Jalandhar on Monday, August 14 against misuse of sedition law by Indian state and atrocities on Muslims and Dalits by pseudo Gau Rakshaks. This is video recording of speech of JNU student leader Umar Khalid.

Speech by Dal Khalsa Spokesman Kanwarpal Singh while addressing the party activists. He stressed that minorities, struggling sections and struggling nations of the Indian peninsula must unite to safeguard their interests.

This is the recording of the speech given by Sikh Youth of Punjab President Parmjeet Singh Tanda while addressing the party activists present. He said that Sikh Youth of Punjab is Committed to the Cause of Sikh Independence: Paramjit Singh Tanda (SYP).